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Old 25-08-21, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen View Post
Have you checked to see if your RAF button has a left hand thread, anti clockwise rather than clockwise?
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These buttons were originally designed with a “right hand thread” which was later changed to a “left hand thread” once the Germans discovered that some buttons concealed escape aids.

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